Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the personal information that ABC Technologies Inc. (“ABC”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects when you visit the ABC website at abctechnologies.com (the “Website”), how we use and manage that information and the circumstances under which we may disclose that information.

This Privacy Policy is subject to change. When changed, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Website. You should periodically check the Website for updates to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Website following any changes constitutes your acceptance of these changes.

Personal Information We Collect and Use

You can visit our Website without providing any personal information, subject to the collection of certain information set out below under “Cookies and Similar Tools”.

We collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us.  For example, if choose to register for our email list or contact us through the Website, we will collect your name, email address, country of residence and other information that you may choose to provide.

We use this information to respond to your request, inquiry or comment, to send you email communications, for marketing purposes including for online targeted marketing, to meet our reasonable business requirements (for example, maintaining business records) and otherwise with your consent or as permitted or required by law.

You may unsubscribe from our email list at any time by using the unsubscribe feature included in our email communications or by contacting us as described below.

If you apply for a position posted on the “Careers” page of our Website, we will collect the personal information contained in your application package or generated in relation to your application in order to evaluate your application and assess whether to offer you a position. This may include information about your employment history and qualifications, as well as your name, residential address and contact details. If you are hired, the information will be retained, used and disclosed in accordance with our privacy policy applicable to the personal information of our employees. If you are not offered or do not accept a position, we may retain this information for a reasonable period in the event that an appropriate position becomes available or that you re-apply.

If you choose to apply to be an ABC supplier, we will collect the personal information included in our supplier profile form, including: busines name, email address, physical address and telephone; other information about your business, such as history, size, product offering, key customers, key sub-suppliers, registration/accreditation status and financial information. We use this information to assess each supplier’s ability to comply with our supplier requirements.

We may collect personal information to communicate with owners of our securities and to register ownership of and transactions dealing with our securities. The information we collect may include, without limitation, the name, residential address and other contact information, and the number of securities held by the individual.

Cookies and Similar Tools

When you visit the Website we automatically collect information about the computer or device that you use to access the Website, such as the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or device to the Internet, operating system type, and web browser type and version. If you access the Website using a mobile device, we may also collect device ID, advertising ID, geo-location, or other similar mobile device data.

We use cookies and similar tools to collect information when you visit our Website and to make the Website work more effectively. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or device when you visit a website. Cookies send information to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. We use the term “cookies” throughout this Privacy Policy to also refer to similar technologies, such as web beacons, log files and pixel tags.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies if you prefer. You don’t need to have cookies turned on in order to use or navigate through many parts of our Website. However, refusing cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of our Website.

We use traffic log and analytics cookies to collect information about your actions on the Website such as the links you click on, the pages or content you view and for how long, and similar information about your interactions.  This helps us analyze data about our website traffic and the effectiveness of our navigational structure in order to tailor our website to our user’s needs. We also use third-party service providers on the Website (eg. Monster Insights and Google Analytics).

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may transfer personal information to service providers (including affiliates acting in this capacity) that perform services on our behalf, for example marketing, analytics, communications, internal audit, management, billing, website hosting or similar services, or otherwise to collect, use, disclose, store or process personal information on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.  Some of these service providers or affiliates may be located outside of Canada, including in the United States and your personal information may be collected, used, disclosed, stored and processed in the United States or elsewhere outside of Canada for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal information may be used and disclosed to parties connected with the proposed or actual financing, securitization, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of ABC or our business or assets, for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the proposed transaction.  Assignees or successors of ABC or our business or assets may use and disclose your personal information for similar purposes as those described in this Privacy Policy.

We may disclose your personal information as necessary to meet legal, regulatory, industry self-regulatory, insurance, audit, and security requirements, and as otherwise with your consent or as permitted or required by law (including as required by applicable Canadian and foreign laws applicable us or our agents and service providers).

Links to Other Sites

This Website may contain links or references to other sites. Please be aware that we do not control other sites and that, in any case, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every site you visit.

Security

We take reasonable steps using physical, technological and organizational security measures to protect personal information in our control from loss, theft and unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  You should keep in mind that no Internet transmission is ever 100% secure or error-free.  In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Website may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

De-Identified Data

We use the information we collect, including data collected automatically through tools such as cookies, to create de-identified data that cannot be associated with, or used to identify, a client, user or customer.  We may use, share and sell de-identified data with third parties for any lawful purpose, including to improve products or services, create new products or services and for research and marketing purposes.

Access, Correction and Contacting Us

By providing us with personal information or otherwise using our services, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.  The file containing your personal information will be maintained on our servers or those of our service providers and will be accessible by our authorized employees, contractors and service providers who require access for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and is retained as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was collected, in accordance with prudent business practices on general document retention, or as otherwise required by law. You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information in our custody or control, or ask any questions about our personal information handling practices, by writing to our Senior Legal Counsel.  Your right to access or correct your personal information is subject to applicable legal restrictions and we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

Last modified on:  2021

Mike Fritts

Special Advisor to the CEO
Mike Fritts is a Special Advisor to the CEO of ABC Technologies. Mike has over 40 years of automotive experience and excellence in Operations, Program Management, Launch, Global Business Development, and Sales. He most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABC Technologies before announcing his retirement (effective June 2024). He also spent time at Woodbridge Foam in numerous leadership roles at the President and VP levels. Prior to Woodbridge, he worked at Johnson Controls for 20 years.

Robert Kidd

Chief Information Officer
Robert Kidd is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at ABC Technologies. In this role, Robert plays an integral part of ABC’s systems integration and optimization initiatives as the organization continues to acquire new companies and expand its global presence. Robert joins ABC from Siemens where he spent over 20 years in senior level IT Management, including serving as CIO for Siemens Canada. He has held leadership roles IT Architecture, Project Management, Process & Cost Optimization and Strategy roles within Germany, Canada, and the USA. He is based at the ABC Toronto Office. Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Information Technology from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Mannheim, Germany.

Rima Shouli

Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

Rima Shouli is the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at ABC Technologies. Rima brings to ABC over 25 years of senior corporate counsel experience within the automotive industry, most recently serving as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at VinFast. Prior to that role, Rima served six years working as General Counsel at Hino Motors Canada Ltd and was a National Managing Partner at Deloitte. She began her automotive career at Magna International serving in progressive corporate counsel roles for over twelve years. She is based at the ABC Technologies home office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rima holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor, has passed the Bar Admission at the Law Society of Upper Canada, and has a diploma of International Mergers and Acquisitions, International Lew and Legal Studies from the College of Law of England and Wales.

Mark Decker

Chief Human Resources Officer
Mark Decker is the Chief Human Resources Officer at ABC Technologies. Mark brings over 30 years of global automotive HR experience to ABC Technologies, most recently serving as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Joyson Safety Systems. Prior to Joyson, Mark also served in the capacity of CHRO for several global automotive suppliers and OEMs, including Key Safety Systems, Nexteer Automotive, Fisker Automotive, and Meridian Automotive. He spent the first 15 years of his career with Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation serving in multiple operational and corporate HR assignments throughout the United States and three years in Yokohama, Japan. Mark holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Arts in Industrial Relations from Wayne State University.

Dr. John Loehr

Chief Transformation Officer
Dr. John Loehr is the Chief Transformation Officer at ABC Technologies. John has more than 30 years of experience working with automotive, industrial, and technology companies on strategy, operations, M&A, and transformation. For the next 20+ years, prior to joining ABC Technologies, John consulted extensively to automotive suppliers and OEMs, holding the position of Partner at Booz & Company, McKinsey & Company, and AlixPartners. He has led supplier performance transformation programs in interiors, HVAC, seating, electronics, steering, suspension, braking, and powertrain. John has worked across the entire value chain, driving improvements in pricing, purchasing, program management, manufacturing, and SG&A. He has also worked extensively in electric vehicles over the past 10+ years, developing market and technology strategies for OEMs and suppliers in batteries, motors, inverters, and controls. After graduate school, John worked as a research scientist in semiconductors for nine years. He led programs in semiconductor laser technology, helping to develop the materials and devices upon which today’s automotive LIDAR systems are based. John holds Master of Science degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Physics, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Omar Montasir

Chief Commercial Officer
Omar Montasir is the Chief Commercial Officer at ABC Technologies. He joined ABC from the Robert Bosch company where he most recently served as Vice President, Sales, and Project Management. Omar began his career with Bosch in 2005 performing in several progressive commercial leadership and program management roles. Omar holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mike Bisson

Chief Operating Officer
Michael (Mike) Bisson is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ABC Technologies. In this role, Mike drives operational excellence, continuous improvement and plant profitability at ABC Technologies. Mike is a highly respected and accomplished global industry executive who most recently served as Global President of Magna International Seating. Over a 35-year span in automotive, Mr. Bisson held many progressive positions at Magna including Executive Vice President and General Manager. He also gained extensive experience in various roles throughout his career at Rockwell International and General Motors of Canada. Mike holds an Associate’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from St. Clair College and a Business Degree from the Detroit College of Business.

Scott Roggenbaeur

Chief Financial Officer
Scott Roggenbauer is the Chief Financial Officer at ABC Technologies. With over 25 years of financial and accounting experience, Scott oversees all financial operations and helps to ensure launch excellence throughout the organization. Most recently, he was the CFO at Amesbury Truth and prior to that was the CFO at the Haas F1 Team, both based in North Carolina. For eight years, Scott spent time at Johnson Control in Vice President leadership roles, serving as VP Finance and Controller, VP of Finance – Complete Seat Group and VP of Finance – Interiors Product Group. Earlier in his career, he worked at ZF Group, Harley Davidson and Delphi Automotive. Scott holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University.

Terry Campbell

President & Chief Executive Officer

Terry Campbell is the President and Chief Executive Officer at ABC Technologies Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors.

Terry has over 25 years of global automotive experience, much of that served in progressively senior leadership roles. He is a champion of operational excellence, innovation, and customer focus and is leading ABC Technologies’ mission to become the molding technology partner of choice for leading global automotive manufacturers.

Terry assumed the CEO role in 2022 following a period as ABC Technologies’ Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining ABC, Terry served as Chief Operating Officer of The Woodbridge Group, a leading global foam supplier to the automotive industry. Before that, Terry served as Vice President and General Manager for the Johnson Controls Automotive Experience Group, overseeing their Americas & Asia Pacific Interiors Business Unit. Before Johnson Controls, Terry held various senior leadership positions within Magna International, including Director and General Manager responsibilities within the Closures Group and as Vice President of Die Casting Operations for the Powertrain Group.

Terry has previously held several international board appointments and is currently a Director with the Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturing Association.